Autocracy, Modernization, and Revolution in Russia and Iran.

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What did the Russian revolution of 1917 and the Iranian revolution of 1978-1979 share besides their drama? How can we compare a revolution led by Lenin with one inspired by Khomeini? How is a revolution based primarily on the urban working class similar to one founded to a significant degree on trad...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McDaniel, Tim (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Series:Princeton legacy library.
Subjects:
1801-1979
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
HISTORY > Europe > Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
Social conditions.
War > Causes.
Soviet Union > History > Revolution, 1917-1921 > Causes.
Iran > History > Revolution, 1979 > Causes.
Russia > Social conditions > 1801-1917.
Iran > Social conditions.
URSS > Histoire > 1917-1921 (Révolution) > Causes.
Iran > Histoire > 1979 (Révolution) > Causes.
Russie > Conditions sociales > 1801-1917.
Iran > Conditions sociales.
Iran.
Russia.
Soviet Union.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments ; Introduction ; A Contradictory Route to Industrial Society; One ; Historical Legacies; Two ; Autocracy in Russia and Iran; Three ; Dimensions of Modernization; Four ; Dilemmas of Autocratic Modernization; Five; The Cities in Revolution; Six; Autocracy, Landlords, and Peasants; Seven ; Cultures of Rebellion; Conclusion ; Structural Crisis and Revolutionary Dynamics; Select Bibliography; Index.

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